(Trice EdneyWire.com)—Just when you think Trump has run out of foolishness, he now wants to give himself a Medal of Honor! Reports suggest that the former president has reached a new low and he now reportedly wants to give himself the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest distinction. It is difficult to imagine how someone who avoided the draft could consider himself eligible, especially when neither he nor his sons chose to serve the country. Too often, his family and associates appear focused on serving themselves.
His hunger for recognition also seems evident in his attempt to attach his name to the Kennedy Center, despite having played no role in its legacy. He appears to have missed John F. Kennedy’s call to elevate the human spirit—and he is not in President Kennedy’s class. At the same time, he is reportedly trying to obstruct the graves of soldiers who served and genuinely earned our respect.
I have never seen anyone so relentlessly pursue honors he has not earned. Each attempt only makes him appear more foolish and embarrasses the nation. I wonder whether his daughter ever tells him how far he is stretching the truth by imagining that he deserves such recognition. He will never command the global affection that John F. Kennedy still inspires, nor can he match the love and respect people hold for President Barack Obama. His actions have also made him unwelcome in Ireland, in many American communities, and in Cuba—a nation he has subjected to an unjustified blockade.
I mentioned his daughter deliberately because even though her husband has made a mockery of the U.S. negotiating on behalf of this nation and taking home two billion known dollars from the Saudia Arabians! For what? Only God knows how much he has gotten from others. We probably shouldn’t even try to figure out what “Little Donnie Trump” has been paid and for what other than his wedding celebration! I heard Donnie’s father say he has paid it back. If he had the money to pay back so soon, don’t you wonder why he got a Russian friend to pay in the first place? I guess Russian communists don’t appear to be so bad! Communists don’t look so bad when they are shelling out dollars to you because they know there are no limits to what your dad might have accepted! Doesn’t the son’s action make you wonder if his Dad picked up a favor from Jeffrey Epstein too, for his last wedding and reception? I think that is a fair question considering their long-time close relationship.
We already know there are no limits to what Don Jr’s Dad will do for more dollars! I know there must be some MAGA people who would never engage in MAGA-led behavior we’re seeing every day in this Administration. Surely, they didn’t know what they were getting into, and decided that on November 3rd, they can no longer support the plethora of things they have been witnessing these past few months. Surely some will decide they can no longer support cheating the least of God’s people out of the opportunity to feed their families properly, to have the ability to purchase gasoline that is now unaffordable, to be unable to send their children to college, to go on a family vacation, etc. I know a lot of families that just can’t do the things they once did! All I hear from people is “When will this be over, and what can we do to change things? My answer is simple. VOTE RIGHT ON NOVEMBER 3rd and every election thereafter.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is International President of the Dick Gregory Society, Inc., thedickgregorysociety.org.)